SOPER, District Judge.
On October 10, 1924, William Dawson, without fault on his part, was drowned in the Potomac river by reason of a collision between the skipjack Kittywink, on which he was a passenger, and the motor vessel Petrolia No. 7. A libel was filed in the name of the state of Maryland, for the use of the widow of the deceased, against the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, owner of the Petrolia, for the payment of damages occasioned by his death.
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